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Love Is A Many Splendored Thing

Barry Manilow

RockAdvanced for beginners23 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am7×○○○
Dm7Diagram coming soon
G7○○○
C×○○
BDiagram coming soon
G○○○
Em○○○○
Gm7Diagram coming soon
C7×○
F
F6Diagram coming soon
Am×○○
E7○○○○
B7Diagram coming soon
F#m7Diagram coming soon
E○○○
Em7○○○○○
A9Diagram coming soon
A7×○○○
Dm××○
D7××○
Bb9Diagram coming soon
FdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Introdução: C7M/9 Am7 Dm7/9 G7 C7M/9 Am7 Dm7/9 G7 
 
C    C/B           Am7      Am7/G    Em 
Love          is a many splendored thing 
Gm7       C7    F    F6        F7M       Dm6         Am 
It's the April rose that only grows in the early spring 
Dm6          Am       Dm7     Am7     Dm6           E7 
Love is nature's way of giving a reason to be living 
     Am     Am7       B7      F#m7 B7  E      G7 
The golden crown that makes a man  a  king 
C      C/B  Am7      Am7/G     Em 
Once,       on a high and windy hill 
Gm7               C7  F          F7M        F6    F            Em7           A9 
In  the moonlight mist, two lovers kissed and the world stood still 
 Em7        A7      Dm   Dm7 Dm6     E7/13- 
Then your fingers touched my silent heart 
     A7/13-      A7     D7  Bb9 
And taught it how to sing 
Fdim   C   Am  Dm7                 G          C   Dm7 G7 
Yes,  true love's    a many splendored thing 
 
Interlude: C7M/9 Am7 Dm7/9 G7 C C/B Am7 Am7/G Em Am Am7 B7 F#m7 B7 E G7 
 
C      C/B  Am7      Am7/G     Em 
Once,       on a high and windy hill 
Gm7               C7  F          F7M        F6    F            Em7           A9 
In  the moonlight mist, two lovers kissed and the world stood still 
 Em7        A7      Dm   Dm7 Dm6     E7/13- 
Then your fingers touched my silent heart 
     A7/13-      A7     D7  Bb9 
And taught it how to sing 
Fdim   C   Am    Dm7                 G        C7M/9 Am7 Dm7 G7 C7M 
Yes,  true love's    a many splendored thing

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Chord set

Am7 · Dm7 · G7 · C · B · G · Em · Gm7 · C7 · F · F6 · Am · E7 · B7 · F#m7 · E · Em7 · A9 · A7 · Dm · D7 · Bb9 · Fdim

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.